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I saw a Venn diagram on Facebook yesterday that had three circles along the lines of “stuff you like doing”, “stuff you are good at”, and “stuff people will pay you to do”. The intersection of those three circles was your dream job. It again made me realise how wonderful it is that I do […] I spent the day working on a new Mountmellick project yesterday in preparation for a class next year. I had such a lovely time sitting there stitching away all day. It is to be a cushion, and the plants on it are forget-me-nots and daisies. Very pretty, dainty flowers! I tried out some new stitch […] The other day I was honoured to received an invitation to teach at a new (for me) venue. They’re asking for something a little different than what I would normally teach, and so I am delighted to consider some new design possibilities. As Sir Humphrey Appleby (or was it Bernard Woolley?) would say, “in the […] Oops! It passed me by that yesterday was International Left-Handers Day, but I take comfort in the fact that while it is well and truly Tuesday here now, it is still Monday in some parts of the world! However, as the writer of a left-handed embroidery book, I feel I do need to acknowledge the […] I have a standing joke with Mary-Anne who runs A Stitch in Time in Hobart. She repeatedly and mistakenly calls my Portuguese whitework “Hungarian whitework”. And then when she’s feeling particularly silly she’ll call it Hungarian Folk Dancing. We laugh and both know that she’s actually referring to Portuguese Whitework. I have no idea how […] When we were down in Canberra on the weekend, we went on a little antiques crawl through Fyshwick and surrounding suburbs. At the Canberra Antiques Centre, which is a large shop divided up into smaller “shops” each one operated by a different second-hand dealer, I enjoyed visiting Needlewitch. Bernadette Thomas, who I met a few […] A little while back I received a spate of emails and messages from people telling me how much they loved the hoop and stand that they had bought from me. Here’s an example: “Just wanted to let you know how pleased I am with the embroidery stand and hoop. So glad you recommended it… it […] I thought you might like to see a photo of my much enjoyed Schwalm project. It is designed by Luzine Happel, and I am working it to test her left-handed instructions for it. It is extremely enjoyable to work, and oh, so pretty! The gym tear down went much quicker than anyone expected yesterday. I got there at 8:30am and there were about 6 guys working hard, having already taken down all the uneven bars sets. My first job was to start ripping up the velcro joining strips on the matting between the beams, and then to roll […] Over the weekend we continued with removing the paint from the brickwork at the front of our house. It was slow work, and it is looking very different. We’ll get there some day! In my down time, I got stuck into doing some more work on Luzine Happel’s left-handed Schwalm project. And I must day […] |
White Threads is the blog of Yvette Stanton, the author, designer, publisher behind Vetty Creations' quality needlework books and embroidery products.
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